The advantage of being a hoarder: this has never happened to me.
I keep every legendary that might even be remotely useful. For example, I crafted 30 Penders Purchase - all turned out to be crap - but I kept some of them in my stash. Later on I figured I could use one of them for my pure tank monk.
I salvaged a pretty good odyn son and fulminator because I only was playing a wizard at the time. I could have rerolled them to suite my now lightning barb...ah well lesson learned.
I sharded a Starmetal Kukri very early after release. Don't remember the stats on it, but it wasn't good enough to use over what I had at the time and certainly didn't have a socket.
The Soul it gave me probably went into a pair of bracers I enchanted 13 times to get Poison damage on it and wore about 1 day after I finally managed it. It was the first time I decided I was not going to shard stuff again cause I needed Souls to make a passable item maybe decent, and there have been many times since.
I salvaged an SoJ because it was the wrong element and didn't have CC or CHD... later, I realized that even a shitty SoJ is better than most trifectas.
I had a Calamity at some point, though I don't remember if it was at 60 or 70... I got something that I thought was "better", so I nuked it. Not sure if regret.
I think I've salvaged a Thunderfury or 2, but I still don't have a lightning spec that I particularly care about, so I haven't regretted it quite yet.
I salvaged the "super shrine" gloves before they were nerfed because, without testing them, I said to myself "there's no way these work on the rift pylons."
An Eye of the Storm with (iirc) 23% Lightning damage, 4.5crit, 700 dex and a socket two days after my Monk dinged 70 b/c I did not realize the value of elemental damage; the new Leoric's Crown I got was green on all three stats!
I have kind-of a lame one, I salvaged a Skywarden (random Law every 60 seconds) because it rolled with no STR and no socket, without realizing I could've just rolled INT on it and given it to my Enchantress. I know it's more a novelty than a real loss, but I would've liked it for sure.
I have kind-of a lame one, I salvaged a Skywarden (random Law every 60 seconds) because it rolled with no STR and no socket, without realizing I could've just rolled INT on it and given it to my Enchantress. I know it's more a novelty than a real loss, but I would've liked it for sure.
It doesn't work on a follower. So you didn't really lose anything.
After rolling my Monk to 70 I decided I wanted to give the Sade a try. So I started playing it., and I got the Cindercoat, decided to make "Fire Build", so was now looking for an Andy and the Magefist, they were the only piece I needed to complete it.
Late at night, just before going to sleep, I was doing Rifst with a friend and I get an Andy with Fire Dmg! My god I was happy! I only needed to reroll for a socket or chc and that was it. Wasn't a great roll but was ok.
Then, at the start of the 2nd Rift we open, I find ANOTHER, now with 20% Fire Dmg, high rolls, etc, so I decided to salvage the previous one, since I was no longer needed it.
Or so I thought.
The next day I realized that my damage was kinda the same ad before I got the Andy... and when I was salvaging some rares I saw the HORROR: my Andy had DEX instead of STR!!!
I was so upset I salvaged it, thinking that since my Monk is Lightning, I wouldn't use it.
Wrong again. My DH could've used it perfectly!
Now I don't have neither, and still get kinda upset when I think about it. More since I haven't found a single Andy again for any of my chars!
I call it "The Visage Incident".
Also, on a "Salvage Frenzy" (AKA "Need FS") I salvaged:
Two pieces from the Monk sets. One pants and the other some shoulders. Got the shoulders back but now I miss those pants since now that I have the gloves I couldve get the +15%LD.
I also salvaged some really good weapons but nothing to great to miss,
I salvaged the "super shrine" gloves before they were nerfed because, without testing them, I said to myself "there's no way these work on the rift pylons."
do they?
if yes, i'm going to get them tonight. can't roll worse than my magefists anyway.
and while we're at it: how do they react to item swapping? i'm thinking about keeping them in the inventory until i find a shrine, then equip them (and the nemesis bracers) before activating the shrine. can i un-equip them then? or do i lose the extended duration (like i should)?
edit: (slightly more) on topic: same as Bagstone, i keep almost everything, even all those stupid legendary shields from kadala despite having decided to not leave town ever again with my crusader before i have a hellskull.
there are enough legs without orange text that are an easy salvage.
edit2: are you guys serious about cindercoat and shard of hate? i can believe a wrong element soj, but those items? please
My buddy and I were bitching one night that we hadn't found a SoH yet (pre nerf), and our clan mate was with us in vent. He's all like, "yea I found one last night. Salvaged it, it wasn't that great. Cool looking though!" We called BS until he showed us his Xmog. Apparently he salvaged it because he plays a multi ele wiz, and couldn't figure out how to get all the procs off, not realizing just one is enough lol. We definitely made him regret it =)
Thunderfury - Before I knew elemental damage > profile dps. My Fulminator is so lonely too...
Burning Axe of Sankis - Same as TF above. Got another one now but Int and no socket so meh.
Maximus - Rolled with int for Wiz and no Socket but max fire damage. Already had one for Barb so Salvaged it, wish I kept for follower now though.
Puzzle Ring - Didn't know this is how people got the treasure golem, plus extra rng rolls. Got another one now though.
What have you salvaged and regret now?
Cindercoat. Ugh, I have everything else for a fire build but....I don't wanna talk about it anymore.....
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I received TWO beta keys. Eat it and like it.
I keep every legendary that might even be remotely useful. For example, I crafted 30 Penders Purchase - all turned out to be crap - but I kept some of them in my stash. Later on I figured I could use one of them for my pure tank monk.
Salvaged too many items to imagine! There wasn't a single occasion where I regretted it. Almost nothing I find is any good.
It's always more Blackthorn's, Hellracks, and useless Two-Handers.
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The Soul it gave me probably went into a pair of bracers I enchanted 13 times to get Poison damage on it and wore about 1 day after I finally managed it. It was the first time I decided I was not going to shard stuff again cause I needed Souls to make a passable item maybe decent, and there have been many times since.
I had a Calamity at some point, though I don't remember if it was at 60 or 70... I got something that I thought was "better", so I nuked it. Not sure if regret.
I think I've salvaged a Thunderfury or 2, but I still don't have a lightning spec that I particularly care about, so I haven't regretted it quite yet.
After rolling my Monk to 70 I decided I wanted to give the Sade a try. So I started playing it., and I got the Cindercoat, decided to make "Fire Build", so was now looking for an Andy and the Magefist, they were the only piece I needed to complete it.
Late at night, just before going to sleep, I was doing Rifst with a friend and I get an Andy with Fire Dmg! My god I was happy! I only needed to reroll for a socket or chc and that was it. Wasn't a great roll but was ok.
Then, at the start of the 2nd Rift we open, I find ANOTHER, now with 20% Fire Dmg, high rolls, etc, so I decided to salvage the previous one, since I was no longer needed it.
Or so I thought.
The next day I realized that my damage was kinda the same ad before I got the Andy... and when I was salvaging some rares I saw the HORROR: my Andy had DEX instead of STR!!!
I was so upset I salvaged it, thinking that since my Monk is Lightning, I wouldn't use it.
Wrong again. My DH could've used it perfectly!
Now I don't have neither, and still get kinda upset when I think about it. More since I haven't found a single Andy again for any of my chars!
I call it "The Visage Incident".
Also, on a "Salvage Frenzy" (AKA "Need FS") I salvaged:
Two pieces from the Monk sets. One pants and the other some shoulders. Got the shoulders back but now I miss those pants since now that I have the gloves I couldve get the +15%LD.
I also salvaged some really good weapons but nothing to great to miss,
if yes, i'm going to get them tonight. can't roll worse than my magefists anyway.
and while we're at it: how do they react to item swapping? i'm thinking about keeping them in the inventory until i find a shrine, then equip them (and the nemesis bracers) before activating the shrine. can i un-equip them then? or do i lose the extended duration (like i should)?
edit: (slightly more) on topic: same as Bagstone, i keep almost everything, even all those stupid legendary shields from kadala despite having decided to not leave town ever again with my crusader before i have a hellskull.
there are enough legs without orange text that are an easy salvage.
edit2: are you guys serious about cindercoat and shard of hate? i can believe a wrong element soj, but those items? please
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